Food Nostalgia costs $10 with 'Caprice des Dieux'... Say Cheese!

While food shopping this afternoon, I have to admit that I had a bit of a sticker shock after I noticed Caprice des Dieux (Caprice of the Gods) in the Cheese Display.I felt a pang of nostalgia as it was one of my mother's picks when I was growing up in France.That was until I...

Vote Fails to Save Historic Berlin Airport

Berlin's Tempelhof Airport, which has been on death row for awhile now, has run out of appeals. Despite its historic attributes, the airport will be bulldozed to make way for Berlin's first intercontinental airport....

Nostalgia Circa 1978, Rock Against Racism 30th Anniversary Concert, Sunday Ap...

The 40th Anniversary of the Events of May 1968 is around the corner.Soixante Huitards are not the only ones to commemorate. Youngsters from 1978 (and current ones) get their shot with the 30th Anniversary 'Rock Against Racism' Concert on Sunday, April 27 in London.The...

Older Music Lovers Get Own Social Network

MySpace, Bebo, and even Facebook are for the youngsters, right? So what do you do if you have a few strands of silver popping up on that head of dark hair, and just might enjoy The Beatles, Rush, and Blondie more...

77 to 07...Punk Turns 30...Trivia questions on 'Wheel of Fortune' coming soon?

Many girls and guys from this era's bands are now over 50 (those who made it) as are many of their fans. Soundcheck (on WNYC FM) has a Punk Turns 30 program today. Spin Magazine offers a should I say bleak or honest look back on these days, 1977, in New York City in Eat...

Across the Universe...What is your Favorite Bar or Coffee Shop? Seen the Movie?

Fellow PhoLister Shannon Clark from San Francisco just wrote 'Ignore the Critics, go see the movie 'Across the Universe'... His take on the film brought back to mind a dormant project of mine which would have people Across the Universe or more accurately Around...

Only in New York: A Hipster Ice-Cream Truck

Well, actually the driver's from Los Angeles, but still. The New York Observer has a hilarious profile of the Heartschallenger, a pink ice cream truck driven by a self-described "f*cking most hard-core LA bitch...

School's in at Hippie U

Opinion Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor Academia say Knowledge is "food for the soul", Universities are in place to nourish young minds, who upon graduation go out into the world to make their mark....

Washington, DC's Cafe War

In the ongoing battle over whether or not Cosi, a cafe, should be permitted in the Cleveland Park neighborhood of Washington, DC there are few people without an opinion. By a nearly 2 to 1 margin, neighbors who...

More Nostalgia...Looking back at 1967 'Monterey Pop Festival'

This 60's Icon now has its Official Web Site. On this 40th anniversary of the 'Summer of Love' a Special Screening of the Movie with Michelle Phillips and Lou Adler takes place tonight at the IFC Center in New York.Rest of story...Serge the Concierge

Back to the 80's: Stewart Copeland (The Police) Tokyo Interview

Stewart Copeland goes to Tokyo, promotes 'Everyone Stares', plays the drums and DJ's. The French Guy from New Jersey

The Joan Didion Show: Personal grief becomes grist for the literary mill by T...

"It surprised me when Joan Didion published "The Year of Magical Thinking," for I identified her so completely with California in the '60s that I'd almost forgotten she was still alive. Of course she continued to publish--a fat volume of her collected essays came out last...

CRUISIN' FOR MONEY (The Biloxi Sun Herald)

" Nostalgia rules at auction By JOHN FOLDING SUN HERALD BILOXI - "If I could have any car here it would be that little '65 Volkswagen," said Linda Oden of Birmingham, Ala. "The white one with the black top. I used to have one, so I guess it's nostalgia." Oden and her friend,...

Back to School Days...1960/61...Yoghurt was served Daily to French School Kids

Reading about the book 'Cantine' on 'Chocolate and Zucchini' and shopping for School Supplies over the week-end sent me back in time to the very early 60's..

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